Disability Rights
Gazans injured in war live with disabilities but little medical support
Tens of thousands require long-term rehabilitation, ...
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Blind man ‘humiliated’ after hotel refuses entry
24 December 2024 Charlie Taylor, Harriet ...
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Advancing Disability Inclusion in Post-Crisis Recovery
December 3, 2024 By Ioana Creitaru, ...
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‘My journey of pain has led to something positive’
Galya Dimitrova 30 November 2024 Celia ...
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A disability policy champion’s time in Congress has come to an end
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey was instrumental ...
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‘I never thought I’d have kids due to my disability’
Isaac Ashe, Natalie Jackson 23 November ...
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Rutgers agrees to changes at golf course to settle disability rights complaint
Gene Myers A golfer with a ...
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WHO/Europe launches first-ever technical advisory group on disability and health
18 November 2024 News release WHO/Europe ...
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‘A disabled South Park character from 24 years ago is getting me harassed today’
Alex Taylor 9 November 2024 I ...
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In New Hampshire, people with disabilities face challenges hiring the help they need
By: William Skipworth – May 27, 2025 5:00 am Jim and Pat Piet pose for a photo in their Concord home. The couple said that hiring aides to help Jim with everyday tasks…
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NYC schools fail to protect students with disabilities from lengthy suspensions
By Alex Zimmerman | May 21, 2025, 3:05pm CDT After trading taunts with a classmate one morning in March 2023, Tristan threw a punch that busted the other student’s lip. A teacher who…
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Lingering cost worries cloud plans for veterans disability reform bill
By Leo Shane III Thursday, May 22, 2025 After years of hearing cost complaints from lawmakers, advocates believe they have finally reached a funding solution for their major disability reform plan, providing thousands of dollars…
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A double amputee who served in Iraq is pushing lawmakers to end the ‘wounded veterans tax’
Federal policy prevents around 50,000 injured veterans from receiving both their full retirement pay and disability compensation. May 26, 2025, 4:37 PM CDT / Updated May 27, 2025, 11:56 AM CDT By Melanie Zanona…
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Washington will offer special education to students longer under new law
Jerry Cornfield May 16, 2025 / 10:45 am A new law triggered by a lawsuit will ensure public school students in Washington are offered special education instruction until they are 22 years…
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Parents of kids with disabilities brace for new reality under Medicaid, education cuts
Cuts to Medicaid and the Department of Education could have detrimental impacts on keeping kids with complex medical needs healthy — and ensuring those same children have equitable access to…
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‘We’re in a crisis’: N.C. lawmaker, advocates call for disability support in budget
BY Marshall Keely PUBLISHED 3:30 PM ET May 15, 2025 RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina General Assembly is in the midst of budget season, and one group of people fear they’re being…
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Idaho parental disability caregiver program to end, following federal approval
After Department of Health and Welfare sought to end program, citing fraud and abuse, federal CMS approves request to end it By: Kyle Pfannenstiel – May 20, 2025 4:30 am A program that…
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Private equity snaps up disability services, challenging state regulators
Private equity firms have acquired more than 1,000 disability and elder care providers in recent years By: Anna Claire Vollers – May 19, 2025 2:23 pm Private equity companies have gobbled up group…
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Disabled workers have faced prejudice. Now they face DOGE firings
By KENYA HUNTER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Updated 11:59 AM CDT, May 6, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Spencer Goidel, a 33-year-old federal worker in Boca Raton, Florida, with autism, knew what he could be…
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